Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Circle K and Goodwill sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circle K | ▲2 | +19.3% |
| 2 | Goodwill | ▲4 | +18.4% |
| 3 | EmergeOrtho | ▲7 | +17.7% |
| 4 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | ▲7 | +15.9% |
| 5 | Sheetz | - | +15.7% |
| 6 | GameStop | ▲2 | +13.4% |
| 7 | Wingstop | ▲1 | +11.8% |
| 8 | Quality Plus | ▲7 | +11.8% |
| 9 | Raceway | ▲2 | +11.3% |
| 10 | Shop 'n Save | ▲6 | +8.9% |
| 11 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲5 | +8.8% |
| 12 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | ▲5 | +8.6% |
| 13 | Burger King | ▲2 | +8.2% |
| 14 | Food Lion | - | +7.8% |
| 15 | BP | ▲6 | +6.6% |
Store footprint
Store map
2,637 tracked store locations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 147 of the 2,637 stores (6%); 1,731 of the 1,914 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (725)
- Retail (514)
- Health & Beauty (440)
- Gas & Auto (357)
- Other (312)
- Grocery & Convenience (172)
- Leisure & Travel (116)
- Insurance (1)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 61
- 2 United States Postal Service 27
- 3 Food Lion 21
- 4 Marathon 19
- 5 McDonald's 19
- 6 Exxon 15
- 7 Shell 15
- 8 Subway 15
- 9 Dollar Tree 14
- 10 Bojangles' 14
- 11 CVS Pharmacy 14
- 12 Family Dollar 13
- 13 O'Reilly Auto Parts 13
- 14 Wendy's 13
- 15 AutoZone 12
- 16 Starbucks 12
- 17 Domino's Pizza 12
- 18 Little Caesars 11
- 19 Hardee's 11
- 20 Walmart 11
- 21 Walgreens 10
- 22 Advance Auto Parts 10
- 23 Taco Bell 9
- 24 BP 9
- 25 Speedway 9
- 26 Burger King 9
- 27 Goodwill 9
- 28 Catawba County Abc 8
- 29 Circle K 8
- 30 KFC 8
- 31 Citgo 7
- 32 Arby's 7
- 33 Chick-fil-A 7
- 34 Waffle House 7
- 35 Great Clips 7
- 36 Extra Space Storage 7
- 37 Papa John's Pizza 6
- 38 NAPA Auto Parts 6
- 39 Dunkin' 6
- 40 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 6
- 41 Cubbard Express 6
- 42 Murphy USA 6
- 43 Zaxby's 5
- 44 Tractor Supply Co. 5
- 45 Lowes Foods 5
- 46 Firehouse Subs 5
- 47 Sheetz 5
- 48 EmergeOrtho 5
- 49 White Tire Center 4
- 50 Wingstop 4
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